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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement for jury service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.001(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who |
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reports for jury service in response to the process of a court is |
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entitled to receive as reimbursement for travel and other expenses |
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an amount: |
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(1) not less than $20 [$6] for the first day or |
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fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court in |
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response to the process and discharges the person's duty for that |
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day; and |
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(2) not less than $58 [$40] for each day or fraction of |
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each day the person is in attendance in court in response to the |
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process after the first day and discharges the person's duty for |
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that day. |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.0015(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The state shall reimburse a county: |
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(1) $14 for the reimbursement paid under Section |
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61.001(a)(1) to a person who reports for jury service in response to |
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the process of a court for the first day or fraction of the first day |
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the person is in attendance in court in response to the process; and |
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(2) $52 [$34] a day for the reimbursement paid under |
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Section 61.001(a)(2) [61.001] to a person who reports for jury |
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service in response to the process of a court for each day or |
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fraction of each day after the first day in attendance in court in |
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response to the process. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |